Professor Scotty Morrison is the presenter of current affairs programmes Te Karere and Marae. Scotty holds a Master’s degree in Education, is working towards his PhD, and has been an Adjunct Professor and the Director of Maori Student and Community Engagement at Auckland’s Unitec Institute of Technology. In 2017, he adopted a new role at Massey University’s Te Putahi-a-Toi (School of Maori Art, Knowledge and Education), working alongside his wife Stacey in a strategic, advocacy and lecturing capacity.

Scotty is the author of the bestselling language guides The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Maori, Maori Made Easy, and Maori at Home, which was co-authored with Stacey. They live in Auckland with their three children.